Five-year-old golfer gets hole-in-one at Roseland

When Mason Garant teed off on the ninth hole of the short course at Roseland Golf and Curling Club Thursday morning he was just hoping to get the ball over the water.

Garant, 5, of St. Clair Beach, was surprised when it not only got over the water but kept right on going — into the cup for a hole-in-one.

Mason Garant, 5, on the Roseland Golf and Curling Club’s Par 3 “Shortie” course, July 21, 2017, the day after he hit a 95-yard ace on the 9th hole.Dan Janisse /
Windsor Star

“Mason has never ever been able to get it over the water,” said dad Greg Garant. “He just teed it up a bit higher and let it go. We watched it go over the water, in fact 10 yards over the water, and then bounced, rolled and disappeared.”

The pair looked at each other shocked and in disbelief.

“It took a minute to sink in that it went in the hole,” Greg said, with a laugh. “Mason took off sprinting to the hole, I was right behind him.”

After a few high-fives and hugs, Mason yelled over to everyone on the course about his accomplishment and then headed to the pro shop to tell a few more people. Mason kept the lucky ball and scorecard. Mason had used his driver to hit the ball the 95 yards of the ninth hole.

“Mason just wanted anyone who would possibly care to know,” Greg said.

Mason said the first person he called to share the news was his mom Kailey. Mason, whose favourite golfer is Tiger Woods, said he’s pretty sure he’ll be able to get another hole-in-one.

Greg said Mason first started showing interest in golfing when he was around 19 months old. He practices with Luc McCaw, an associate golf pro at Essex Golf & Country Club and plays around three times a week.

“He just loves it,” he said. “He’s a hockey kid in winter and in the summer it’s all golf.”

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